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Thin

Content

Site:

W hat is it

and How t o

Fix it

term “thin content” is used to Thin content m ight be �ull o� �lu�� and �iller 2. Doorway Pages

THE describe w eb pages that have w ords, but it’s not strictly an SEO issue. It can

little or no original content. It’s o ten used also be bad or SEO i it’s not w ell w ritten or i D oorw ay pages are o�ten �ound in large

interchangeably w ith the term “content arm ,” it doesn’t ollow G oogle’s guidelines or good sites that w ant to rank in G oogle’s local pack

�or a particular city, state, or region and are
a w ebsite that produces low -quality content to content.

using doorw ay pages in an attem pt to do so.
rank highly in search results.

A doorw ay page is designed and optim ized

Types o� Thin Contents �or one speci�ic keyw ord (or set o� keyw ords)

W hile thin content sites are o�ten

and has little or no original content on it. The

associated w ith low -quality SEO practices, Som e o� the thin contents to get rid o�

prim ary purpose o� these pages is to pass

they can also be created unintentionally. include:

link equity �rom one page on the site (the

H ere’s w hat you need to know about thin

doorw ay) to another page on that site (the

content sites and how to �ix them i� you �ind 1. No Depth

destination page).

yours on the list o G oogle’s m ost-penalized

Thin pages w ith no depth, such as About
w ebsites. 3. Spun Contents

Us, C ontact Us, and other pages that don’t

add value beyond being sim ple landing

So, What Is Thin Content? Spun contents are articles that have been

pages �or searches. They m ay include a
rew ritten m ultiple tim es so that each w ord

Thin content is any content that isn’t very �ew paragraphs o� text describing w hat the appears only once in the article (or at least

valuable to the visitor. It doesn’t add m uch com pany does, w ho they are, and how to close to once). This allow s you to w rite m ore

value to the user experience, and it’s usually contact them , but they do not include any real articles about di��erent topics w ithout having

low quality or shallow . content that visitors w ould w ant to read. m uch content �or each topic because all o�

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